#21
Posted 26 February 2015 - 04:34 PM
FISH 92%
BMB 9:22 translocation
1/19/15 began 400 mg gleevec
1/22/15 bcr 37.2 IS
2/6/15 bcr 12.5 IS
3/26/15 bcr 10.3 IS
6/29/15 bcr 7.5 IS
9/24/15 bcr 0.8 IS
1/4/16 bcr 0.3 IS
Started 100 mg dasatinib, mutation analysis negative
4/20/16 bcr 0.03 IS
8/8/16 bcr 0.007 IS
12/6/16 bcr 0.002 IS
Lowered dasatinib to 70 mg
4/10/17 bcr 0.001 IS
Lowered dasatinib to 50 mg
7/5/17 bcr 0.004 IS
8/10/17 bcr 0.001. Stopped TKI in prep for September surgery.
9/10/17 bcr 0.006
10/10/17 bcr 0.088
#22
Posted 26 February 2015 - 10:01 PM
#23
Posted 09 March 2015 - 02:11 PM
The new Gleevec blister packs suck. I leave it slid open enough since it requires Hercules to open it.
#24
Posted 09 March 2015 - 02:16 PM
10/01/2014 100% Diagnosis (WBC 278k, Blasts 6%, Spleen extended 20cm)
Cancer Sucks!
#25
Posted 10 March 2015 - 01:24 PM
Red Cross Kirk,
I now get the same packaging as you..a flat plastic box that has a "tablet card" that slides out of the end.
I was able to purchase a 3 month supply through Walgreens for a 60.00 copay with Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona for 8 years!!!
Then I get a letter. I can't purchase through Walgreens anymore. I have to use Briova out of Las Vegas,.....and I have to order every month (NO MORE 3 MONTHS).... and the copay for every month is 90.00.
I think they just wanted to find a way to get more money out of me. I tired to call many people to fight it-----No Go.
auntquack and Sandy6353, consider yourself lucky to be able to get a 3 month supply. What is your insurance and how much do you pay for a copay if you don't mind me asking?
Diagnosed 2007
On Gleevec for 10 years
Results from 2007-2012 not shown below
International Scale from 2012 until now
Never went to 0
0.166
0.038
1.155
0.789
0.104
0.099
0.701
1.986
1.063
1.799
2.817
1.832
3.449
1.050
1.438
3.376
3.370
3.370
2.580
8.990
4.250
6.176
14.109 Changing to Tasigna 7/7/17
7/28/17 800 mgs Tasigna
10/5/17 600 mgs Tasigna (Lots of bad side effects)
10/16/2017 PCR down to 0.141
1/15/18 PCR down to 0.066 Dose reduction again. Now 400 mgs daily.
#26
Posted 10 March 2015 - 04:45 PM
10/01/2014 100% Diagnosis (WBC 278k, Blasts 6%, Spleen extended 20cm)
Cancer Sucks!
#27
Posted 10 March 2015 - 10:15 PM
FISH 92%
BMB 9:22 translocation
1/19/15 began 400 mg gleevec
1/22/15 bcr 37.2 IS
2/6/15 bcr 12.5 IS
3/26/15 bcr 10.3 IS
6/29/15 bcr 7.5 IS
9/24/15 bcr 0.8 IS
1/4/16 bcr 0.3 IS
Started 100 mg dasatinib, mutation analysis negative
4/20/16 bcr 0.03 IS
8/8/16 bcr 0.007 IS
12/6/16 bcr 0.002 IS
Lowered dasatinib to 70 mg
4/10/17 bcr 0.001 IS
Lowered dasatinib to 50 mg
7/5/17 bcr 0.004 IS
8/10/17 bcr 0.001. Stopped TKI in prep for September surgery.
9/10/17 bcr 0.006
10/10/17 bcr 0.088
#28
Posted 11 March 2015 - 10:23 AM
I just noticed that the tablets in the Gleevec blister pack are slightly different than the ones that came in the bottle. Instead of the "SL" and "400" they now just have "gleevec" on one side of the tablet. I wonder if they did this to differentiate the original Gleevec from the generic imatinib that will be available in the US soon?
Kirk
2015 0.049%, decrease to Gleevec 200mg/day, 0.035%, 0.061%, 0.028%
2016 0.041%, 0.039%, 0.025%
2017 0.029%, 0.039%, switched to generic imatinib 200mg/day, 0.070%, 0.088%
2018 0.233%
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